Index: RssNews.pm
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--- RssNews.pm	(revision 6828)
+++ RssNews.pm	(working copy)
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 use Socket;
 use vars qw($VERSION);
 
+use LWP::UserAgent;
 use XML::Simple;
 use File::Spec::Functions qw(:ALL);
 
@@ -460,19 +461,17 @@
 		$getFeedXml_semaphore = 1;
 	}
 
-	my $http = Slim::Player::Protocols::HTTP->new({
-		'url'    => $feed_url,
-		'create' => 0,
-	});
+	# bug 3242.  Using LWP in order to support redirects
+	my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
+	my $req = HTTP::Request->new('GET' => $feed_url);
+	my $res = $ua->request($req);
 
-	if (defined $http) {
+	if ($res->is_error) {
+		$::d_plugins && msg("RssNews failed to retrieve feed <$feed_url>: " . $res->status_line . "\n");
+	}
+	if ($res->is_success) {
+		my $content = $res->content;
 
-		my $content = $http->content();
-
-		$http->close();
-
-		return 0 unless defined $content;
-
 		# very verbose debugging
 		#$::d_plugins && msg("RssNews: $feed_url\n");
 		#$::d_plugins && msg("\n$content\n\n");